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Cancer patients in Palliative Care: occurrences related to venipuncture and hypodermoclysis.
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Revista latino-americana de enfermagem [Rev Lat Am Enfermagem] 2022; Vol. 30, pp. e3623. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: to identify the occurrences related to peripheral venipuncture and hypodermoclysis among patients hospitalized in a general hospital and in an exclusive hospital institution for the care of patients in palliative cancer care.<br />Method: an observational, descriptive and multicenter study. The consecutive and non-probabilistic sample consisted of 160 cancer patients hospitalized in Palliative Care. The outcome variable corresponded to the occurrences and complications related to each type of puncture. A questionnaire containing the sociodemographic and clinical variables and a structured script for monitoring and daily evaluation of the puncture were used. Descriptive statistics were employed for data analysis.<br />Results: the occurrences related to venipuncture at a general hospital were blood soiling at catheter insertion (17.4%) and expired use period (15.8%), while at a specific service for the care of patients under palliative care they were expired use period (32%) followed by infiltration (18.9%). As for hypodermoclysis, there were two subcutaneous punctures with phlogistic signs (1.0%) at the general hospital and a hematoma at the catheter insertion site (0.5%). At the specific service for the care of patients under palliative care there were three subcutaneous punctures with phlogistic signs (5.7%).<br />Conclusion: the number of occurrences related to peripheral venipuncture was higher than those related to hypodermoclysis.
Details
- Language :
- Portuguese; English; Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 1518-8345
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista latino-americana de enfermagem
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35976356
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.5825.3623